Archive for July, 2016

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A panel of four entrepreneurs will address the practical considerations for evaluating and joining a startup as a co-founder or early employee at a Wednesday, August 17 event at the Silicon Valley Cofounder Academy.

Entrepreneurs can be paralyzed by the rich set of possibilities they face. It seems almost paradoxical that when you have one choice you can start immediately, when you have two you can flip a coin, but as possibilities multiply the desire to make the best choice can paralyze you. To fully embrace your creativity you must master your dread of the unknown.

I have been working on my adjustments at the half for 2016 and thinking about lost arts and roads no longer taken. As much as we focus on the creation and adoption of new methods and new technologies it can be useful to consider capabilities different societies have abandoned.

I am a huge fan of George Grellas writing and when his revised website removed this essay I had previously linked I asked if I could post it here for entrepreneurs to appreciate how much Silicon Valley has been transformed in 60 years. George said that while he was not in Silicon Valley in 1956–or even old enough to appreciate it at the time–he retains a great nostalgia for the Valley that is no more.

OpenSensors today announced a new educational offering called “IoT University” that is designed to offer practical insights as the Internet of Things (IoT) is reaching maturity an wider deployment. Here are some details from their announcement